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Published 10 September 2014

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Howard Stagg

Naomi Lubick quotes an estimate that &dollar;384 billion is needed over the next two decades to deliver drinking water across the US (16 August, p 38). This is a seriously scary number, at least until you work out the cost per citizen per week. This comes to about &dollar;1, or around &dollar;4 per month.

The cost equivalent of one cappuccino per month doesn’t sound quite as frightening as the full figure.Canberra, ACT, Australia